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Shropshire, Worcestershire And Staffordshire Electric Power Company
The Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Company was an electricity generating and supply organisation that operated in the West Midlands and South Wales. It was established in 1903 and was dissolved as a consequence of the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. History The Shropshire and Worcestershire Electric Power Company was established in 1903 under the terms of the ''Shropshire and Worcestershire Electric Power Act 1903''. Further Acts were obtained in 1905, 1906, 1914, 1916, 1918 and 1923. The name was changed to include Staffordshire in 1905. The company's aim was to supply electrical energy to authorised undertakings and to others requiring a supply of power. Its area of supply included Shropshire, Worcestershire and part of Staffordshire. This was later extended by acquisitions to include Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. The company intended to build its own generating stations but initially purchased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Electricity Authority
The British Electricity Authority (BEA) was established as the central British electricity authority in 1948 under the nationalisation of Great Britain's electricity supply industry enacted by the Electricity Act 1947. The BEA was responsible for the generation, transmission and sale of electricity to area electricity boards, and the development and maintenance of an efficient, coordinated and economical system of electricity supply. History The authority took over the operations of over 600 small public supply power companies, municipal authority electricity departments and the Central Electricity Board to form the BEA, which comprised a central authority and 14 area boards. Its scope did not include control of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, which had been founded in 1943 and remained independent of the BEA. The appointment of chairmen and members of the BEA and the area boards were made in August 1947 and the BEA was formally established on 15 August 1947. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmundsons Electricity Corporation Limited
The Edmundsons Electricity Corporation Limited was an electricity holding company that controlled and owned over 60 electricity undertakings throughout England and Wales. It was established in 1897 and was dissolved, despite its objections, as a consequence of the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. History The Edmundsons Electricity Corporation Limited was founded in 1897. Its initial aim was to acquire and extend the business of Messrs. J. Edmundsons Company Limited of 19 Great George Street, Westminster. The latter was an electricity engineering company which, since 1888, had installed electricity systems in large buildings. The corporation raised capital of £200,000 in 1897 by the sale of shares. The capital was used to build generating stations and electricity supply systems (electricity undertakings) in Folkestone, Winchester, Salisbury, Ventnor and Shrewsbury. The corporation went on to acquire further electricity company franchises. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nechells Power Stations
Nechells power stations refers to the three coal-fired electricity generating stations that supplied electricity to Birmingham and the surrounding area from 1915 to 1982. History Birmingham had been supplied with electricity from several local generating stations. These included Dale End, 1.5 MW (1891); Water Street, 3.5 MW (1895); Aston Manor, 7 MW, (1903); Handsworth, 1.05 MW (1905); and Summer Lane, 36.5 MW (1906).D.G. Tucker, ''Electricity generating stations for public supply in the West Midlands 1888-1977'' (1977). The growth of demand for electricity meant that increasing generating capacity was needed. A large power station at Nechells was identified in 1912 as being necessary to meet current and future demand. At the start of the First World War the Birmingham Corporation together with Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Company proposed to build two large power stations one at Nechells (2 × 15 MW alternators) and one at Stourport (3 × 15 MW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stourport Power Stations
Stourport power stations were two electricity generating stations that supplied electricity to Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire and to the wider West Midlands area from 1927 to 1984. The two stations, A (1927–78) and B (1950–84), were collocated on a joint site adjacent to the River Severn south of Stourport-on-Severn. Background The Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Company had been founded in 1903 as the Shropshire and Worcestershire Electric Power Company. The company changed its name and obtained several Local Acts of Parliament to generate and supply electricity to areas of Shropshire and Worcestershire in the West Midlands. These Acts included the ''Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Act 1905'' (5 Edw. 7 c. clx); ''1914'' (4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. lxxxiv); ''1918'' (8 & 9 Geo. 5 c. xliii); ''1919'' (9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. cxxi). The Company built and operated power stations at Dudley, Kidderminster and Smethwick. In 1916 the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electricity Act 1947
The Electricity Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 54.) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which nationalised, or bought into state control, the electricity supply industry in Great Britain. It established a central authority called the British Electricity Authority (BEA) to own and operate all public electricity generation and transmission facilities and created 14 area electricity boards with a duty to acquire bulk supplies of electricity from the central authority and to distribute and sell electricity economically and efficiently to industrial, commercial and domestic consumers. It vested 505 separate local authority and company owned electricity undertakings in the BEA with effect from 1 April 1948. The Electricity Act 1947 is one of a number of Acts promulgated by the post-war Labour government to nationalise elements of the UK’s industrial infrastructure; other Acts include the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946; Transport Act 1947 (railways and long-dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holberry Mensforth
Sir Holberry Mensforth, KCB, CBE (1 May 1871 – 5 September 1951), engineer and engineering company executive. His second son Sir Eric Mensforth was a pioneer of the British helicopter industry. References * https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48057 * https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-240702 External links * {{NPG name, 80035, Sir Holberry Mensforth 1871 births 1951 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British engineers 20th-century British businesspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Garcke
Emile Oscar Garcke (1856 – 14 November 1930) was a naturalised British electrical engineer, industrial, commercial and political entrepreneur managing director of the British Electric Traction Company (BET), and early author on accounting.Michael Chatfield.Emile Garcke" in: ''History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia.'' Michael Chatfield, Richard Vangermeersch eds. 1996/2014. p. 269-70. who is noted for writing the earliest standard text on cost accounting in 1887. Biography Born in Saxony, Germany in 1856, Garcke came to England at an early age, becoming a naturalised British citizen in 1880. In 1883 he became Secretary of the Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation, was promoted to Manager in 1887 and became Managing Director of its successor company, Brush Electrical Engineering Company in 1891. In 1893 he was managing director of the Electric Construction Co and lead its reorganisation. He was a great believer in electric traction and set up the Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pre-nationalisation UK Electric Power Companies
The electrical power industry in the United Kingdom was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947, when over six hundred electric power companies were merged into twelve area boards. List of companies Companies merged into East Midlands Electricity Board (EMEB) ''The board's area was defined as: Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland and parts of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire.'' Local authority undertakings * Ashbourne Urban District Council *Bolsover Urban District Council *Burton upon Trent Borough Corporation *Chesterfield Borough Corporation *Coventry County Borough Corporation *Derby County Borough Corporation *East Retford Borough Corporation *Kettering Borough Corporation *Leicester County Borough Corporation *Lincoln County Borough Corporation *Long Eaton Urban District Council *Loughborough Borough Corporation * Mansfield Borough Corporation *Newark Borough Corporation *Nottingham County Borou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of The UK Electricity Supply Industry
This timeline outlines the key developments in the United Kingdom electricity industry from the start of electricity supplies in the 1870s to the present day. It identifies significant developments in technology for the generation, transmission and use of electricity; outlines developments in the structure of the industry including key organisations and facilities; and records the legislation and regulations that have governed the UK electricity industry. The first part is a chronological table of significant events; the second part is a list of local acts of Parliament (1879–1948) illustrating the growth of electricity supplies. Significant events The following is a list of significant events in the history of the electricity sector in the United Kingdom. Local legislation timeline In addition to the Public General Acts on electricity supply given in the above table, there were also Local Acts. The Electric Lighting Acts 1882 to 1909 permitted local authorities and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Power Stations In England
This is a list of current and former electricity-generating power stations in England. For lists sorted by type, including proposed stations, see the see also section below. :''Note that BEIS maintaina comprehensive list of UK power stations'' Thermal Non-thermal Hydropower and wave Other hydropower schemes Small hydropower sites in Great Britain with no further information. * Gayle Mill, Hawes, North Yorkshire * Itteringham Mill * Marlingford Mill * Marsh Mill * Milford Mill * Old Walls, Dartmoor * Oldcotes Mill * Oswestry, Llanfordda * Ponts Mill Scheme * River Dart Country Park, Dartmoor * Sonning Mill * St. Blazey * Sturston Mill * Talamh Life Centre * Tellisford Mill, Somerset * Trecarrell Mill * Trelubbas Wind power * List of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom * List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom See also Lists sorted by type * List of power stations in Scotland * List of power stations in Wales * List of power stations in Northern Ireland * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Electric Power Companies Of The United Kingdom
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Electric Power Companies Of England
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwell's equations. Various common phenomena are related to electricity, including lightning, static electricity, electric heating, electric discharges and many others. The presence of an electric charge, which can be either positive or negative, produces an electric field. The movement of electric charges is an electric current and produces a magnetic field. When a charge is placed in a location with a non-zero electric field, a force will act on it. The magnitude of this force is given by Coulomb's law. If the charge moves, the electric field would be doing work on the electric charge. Thus we can speak of electric potential at a certain point in space, which is equal to the work done by an external agent in carrying a unit of positiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
